This is a true tale of a mom and her son, reposted from my boy mom blog in November.

One evening a mother attends her son’s last football game. In a nice ceremony at halftime, the senior football players and their parents are honored. Mom (and the other senior football players’ moms) receive roses. The roses are taken home, placed in a vase, and given a place of honor.

The next evening, the football player asks to pinch a rose from his mom’s collection…to give to a girl.

And what does Mom do? She says, “Sure.”

Then she goes in search of a special ribbon to dress up the single rose.

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Thank you for dropping by! Lately I've felt greatly discouraged! We are in the process of moving and I don't know what direction the Lord wants us to go...I keep waiting for the big neon sign!This possible move has left me tired emotionally, mentally and physically.I hope to get refreshed somehow, by going back to my routine of coffee and time in prayer in the early morning...until then, it's so good to hear from moms like you! :) Thanks again!

What a lovely illustration of the continual sacrifice we moms face as we raise our boys to be men. It's different than with daughters. We aren't meant to know the details of our sons' lives. But we are to support and encourage them to be men of character, thoughtfulness, and integrity. What a gift that we get to have a hand in raising them!

a mom's love would give anything for her child,(but I don't really like roses or 'ceremonial things' anyway.... which defeats the purpose of the story- but many times moms have given up their favorite ________ or their last ______ or their very special ______ for their child. what makes is to much better is when my boys sacrifice for me/others and offer to give things up to be kind to me/others- and I see they got it- they understand and they know to show love-)

Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. Sorry it took so long. My computer was down due a virus and then we were out of town and then asthma and now strep throat. Never a dull moment around my house.

Lovely story and you are so right! I hope all your readers can discover what I have with my 4 boys; we are very close. Don't kid yourself; you will go through many conflicts as they grow older but it is so important to keep the doors open. My oldest is now 46. You can't ever love them too much.Rita

Oh, I love this story. As the mom of 4 boys myself, I know this is exactly the way it could happen here too.My oldest son bought me a dozen roses when he was about 17, and they're dried and in a sweet old canning jar now on a shelf in my bedroom :-)Blessings,Marcia

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